Sarah’s Thoughts:
The previous owners of our house built a sun room off of the kitchen. The reliator referred to it as the “tomato room” because apparently at some point, someone grew a ridiculous amount of tomatoes in it. We still call it the “tomato room” even though my one attempt at growing tomatoes resulted in a utter failure Anyway, this room is built on top of the porch and has no insulation, so in the winter time, (especially during the holiday season) it’s a perfect extra refrigerator. In the summer, it heats up like crazy. We use to have some extra candles out there until they melted. On sunny days, we can open the french doors that lead out to the tomato room and heat the whole house. All of this to say, another marker of spring is the day we can open the tomato room doors for a few hours. That day happened last week. 80 degrees. It’s coming, baby!
Luke Update:
Motivated by the recent spring-like weather, Luke is powering through his math with only two chapters to go! He has a big steelhead trip planned for the last week in April. Luke is already dreaming of chromers and would much rather be tying flies and practicing his cast in the front yard if it weren’t for the nagging guilt of math. Ugh! The one thing impeeding his progress in the homework department is the fact that he’s had to work the past two weekends. My tireless husband put in 11.5 hours on Saturday and another 8 today. The good part is that every hour worked equals money in the bank, and puts him one hour closer to his Journeyman’s license.
Owen Update:
My busy boy has been learning all kinds of things. While cleaning out the laundry room closet, I discovered a spanish version of “Bing” called “Loteria”. I realized that this was the perfect game to play with my three year old. Owen handily beat me three games in a row the first night we played. Proudly he ate his prize of Girl Scout cookies. The following night when I was the champion, I thoughtlessly threw my arms in the air and shouted, “I won!”. Owen immediately collasped into a hot, convulsing puddle of tears. Since then, we’ve been talking about being a “Good Sport” and how to say, “Good Job. Want to play again?” when someone else wins.
Last Monday, Owen got to go ice skating for the first time (video below). Our ice rink has a “Tot Skate” twice a week where they only allow 3-5 year olds (and their parents) on the ice. They pull out these plastic walker-like supports for kids to skate with and let them go nuts. Watching Owen on skates for the first time brought back memories of when he was learning how to walk. So fun!
Annabelle Update:
This week my sweet girl proved to the world and to Luke that I wasn’t going crazy. Her bottom front teeth have started to work their way out. She’s in a constant state of drool, shoving everything she can get her hands on in her little mouth. Her hair is growing more and more each day and I think we’re going to have another blondey on our hands. It’s so crazy to think how much different she’ll look with teeth and hair. I can’t wait! I’ve been trying to introduce different foods, and so far her favorites are bananas and Kix Cereal. Six months old on Friday! I can hardly believe it!
